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Healthcare professionals' roles within UK welfare-to-work provision : a multiple case study exploration (2021)
Journal Article
Ceolta-Smith, J., & Kenney, C. (2021). Healthcare professionals' roles within UK welfare-to-work provision : a multiple case study exploration. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 28(7), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2019.0115

Background/aims Healthcare professionals play an important role in vocational rehabilitation for people receiving welfare support. The research questions for this study were: how do qualified healthcare professionals operate in UK welfare-to-work set... Read More about Healthcare professionals' roles within UK welfare-to-work provision : a multiple case study exploration.

Occupational therapy, loneliness and social isolation : a thematic review of the literature (2020)
Journal Article
Collins, T., Davys, D., Martin, R., Russell, R., & Kenney, C. (2020). Occupational therapy, loneliness and social isolation : a thematic review of the literature. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 27(10), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2019.0044

Background/Aims: Loneliness and social isolation are thought to have a negative impact on health and wellbeing. There is little literature that provides an explicit focus on loneliness and social isolation in occupational therapy practice. The aim of... Read More about Occupational therapy, loneliness and social isolation : a thematic review of the literature.

'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event (2016)
Journal Article
Collins, T., Kenney, C., & Hesk, G. (2016). 'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event. Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(5), 1601-1606. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12342

Many older people in Britain spend Christmas day alone. The Christmas period may be especially difficult for older people who are socially isolated, living with dementia or who have physical impairments, and may feel particularly marginalised at this... Read More about 'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event.